IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa restaurants are facing a perfect storm of challenges as fewer diners walk through their doors and costs continue to climb.
Owners and experts say that the so-called “Ozempic effect,” the impact of appetite-suppressing, popular GLP-1 drugs, is only one factor in a much larger set of pressures.
At the Walker Homestead Farm and Winery near Iowa City, owners say they’ve noticed changes in how people dine…